The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium was announced on 10 August 2017 by DENSO Corporation, Ericsson, Intel Corporation, Nippon Telegraph, and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, Inc., Toyota InfoTechnology Center Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Corporation.

The Consortium officially launched on 22 February 2018 with members including automotive technology heavyweights DENSO Corporation, Toyota InfoTechnology Center Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Corporation, along with information communication technology (ICT) leaders AT&T, Ericsson, Intel Corporation, KDDI Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, Inc., and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Dell EMC announced joining the Consortium on 26 March 2018.